We got some Procurve 2810 Gigabit switches. they play some critical roles, so I wanted to keep others from playing with them. The exact code below would enable https for web management, enable ssh for console management, change the port ssh runs on, and disable telnet and unencrypted web management …

Install package ifenslave-2.6.

apt-get install ifenslave

make sure the real NICs kernel modules are loaded automatically

modprobe --list | grep -i bonding

edit /etc/network/interfaces to look like this:

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
address 192.168.1.59
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1 …